Vietnamese bread (Photo: cooky.vn) Bread was first made popular in Vietnam by the French since 1859,but a source from the Ho Chi Minh City’s Tourism Department said it could havebeen present in the country earlier than that, through trade and commerce withEuropeans.
Professional chef Pham Tuan Hai, who is an addict of banh my, said famous andpopular Vietnamese banhmy include banh mythit (bread with pork), banhmy xiu mai (bread with pork and shrimp balls), banh my cha ca (breadwith grilled chopped fish), banhmy heo quay (bread with roasted pork), banh my ga nuong (bread with roasted chicken), banh my op la (breadwith sunny-side up egg), banhmy cha lua (bread with pork paste) and banh my que (breadstick).
“I like banhmy xiu mai very much. Xiu mai is small minced pork and shrimp balls. Itis eaten with special sauce and fresh herbs,” Hai said, adding that he alsolikes to enjoy a crispy bread with its filling of grilled chopped fishaccompanied with fresh onion, coriander, cucumber, fried dried onion toppedwith aromatic flavour sauce.
Hải said that his wife is a fan of crispy bread with a filling ofroasted chicken, fresh carrot threads, cucumber, lettuce and others herbs. Shealso likes banh my chalua, a characteristic northern style.
John Henry, from the US, who joined the first Bread Festival heldin HCM City last year, said, “I enjoyed Vietnamese bread and its tasty fillingsso much. I tried banhmy with egg and traditional banh my with pork and roasted chicken.”
In 2020, Vietnamese bread was for the first time presented on theGoogle homepage of more than 10 world nations.
In 2018, CNN named Hoi An bread “king of sandwiches in the world”.Meanwhile, the renowned tourism magazine Fodor voted Vietnamese bread among the30 tastiest sandwiches in the world that people should try.
In 2017, Rough Guides from the UK voted Vietnamese bread one oftastiest dishes in the world. In the same year Australian Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull enjoyed his bread breakfast on a Da Nang street.
The World Records Union in 2016 recognised Vietnamese banh my and bun cha (grilledpork and rice noodle) among top 100 most famous dishes in the world and in 2014the Vietnamese banh my created a fever when it was ranked in the top 20best street foods in the world by Huffington Post, a prestigious website in theUS.
The National Geographic in 2013 voted Vietnamese bread as one ofbest 11 street dishes in the world. The US Conde’ Nast Traveler also listed itamong 12 best street food in the globe. The Guardian in 2012 praised Vietnamese banh my “the tastiestsandwich in the world.”/.
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